Monday, February 19, 2007

We've added del.icio.us bookmark tags to the right hand column of the blog. What is del.icio.us? Simply put, it is an online storage area for web bookmarks. Every website that I consider useful and would like to share is listed here. The latest five sites are noted under "My Cool del.icio.us Dental Sites". Enjoy!

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Here is a great series of stories in the Toronto Star on how poverty can have a disastrous effect on the oral health of young people. Here's the preamble from the Toronto Star (Feb 10th, 2007)

Jason Jones is a natural for a sales job. Trouble is, many people can't see past his mouth. Painful rot forced him to pull almost all of his teeth. This is the state of dental care for our working poor

Sunday, February 11, 2007

I received information on this website from a CDA (Canadian Dental Association) email bulletin. It is the Government of Canada's website (reliable info) of the Chief Dental Officer (Part of Health Canada). To be honest, I've never heard of this particular area of Health Canada, but I am pleased that the government is promoting oral health and research. Here's how they describe themselves:

The Office of the Chief Dental Officer (OCDO) was created in October 2004 to improve the oral health status of Canadians and to increase awareness about the prevention of oral diseases.

The Office works to:

Provide evidence-based oral health perspectives on a wide range of health policy and program development issues